To make things even more interesting, sometimes there are type library and COM dependencies. Also some DLL's could be delay-loaded or dynamically linked to.
The Sysinternals depends tool is a great help. It is best just to bootstrap the C++ runtime (.MSI) packages. Avoid the merge modules if at all possible. I personally believe that merge modules for system dlls will create a lot of problems. You might just try installing the C++ runtimes for each flavor of Visual C++ (2005, 2008, etc) used. Try the installs on a beefed up Windows 7 VM with all the bells and whistles and then a stripped down XP Pro/Home VM and see what works, Your can beat yourself endlessly trying to result secondary/tertiary/... depencies ad infitum. Regards, Aris Green ---- Christopher Painter <chr...@deploymentengineering.com> wrote: > I have a C++ dependency issue that I'm trying to figure out. > > A.DLL depends on: ( compiled by us using VS2008 ) > MSCOREE.dll > KERNEL32.dll > MSVCM90.DLL 9.0.21022.8 > MSVCR90.dll 9.0.21022.8 > MSVCP90.dll 9.0.21022.8 > B.DLL > > B.DLL depends on: ( compiled by third party using VS2005 ) > WS2_32.dll > KERNEL32.dll > MSVCR80.dll 8.0.50727.4053 > MSVCP80.dll 8.0.50727.4053 > > In my installer I'm currently using the microsoft merge modules to deploy the > c/c++ 8/9 dll's to winsxs. Here's where it get's interesting: If I open > B.DLL in depends it resolves all DLL's. If I open A.DLL in depends it > resolves A's dependencies but for B it says that it can't find the MSVCR80 or > MSVCP80. If I copy these two DLL's into the application directory it finds > them ( even if it's the wrong version ). > > I have a hunch what's going on here but I'd really hope that someone who > really understands it could lead me to enlightenment and best practices for > this type of problem. > > Thanks, > Chris > > Christopher Painter, Author of Deployment Engineering Blog > Have a hot tip, know a secret or read a really good thread that deserves > attention? E-Mail Me > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > ThinkGeek and WIRED's GeekDad team up for the Ultimate > GeekDad Father's Day Giveaway. ONE MASSIVE PRIZE to the > lucky parental unit. See the prize list and enter to win: > http://p.sf.net/sfu/thinkgeek-promo > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ThinkGeek and WIRED's GeekDad team up for the Ultimate GeekDad Father's Day Giveaway. ONE MASSIVE PRIZE to the lucky parental unit. See the prize list and enter to win: http://p.sf.net/sfu/thinkgeek-promo _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
